Word Meanings - GUST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw. Milton. 2. A sudden violent burst of passion. Bacon.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GUST)

• Zest
• Flavor
• appetizer
• gusto
• gust
• pleasure
• enjoyment
• relish
• sharpener
• recommendation
• enhancement

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of GUST)

• Repudiate
• nauseate
• reject
• abominate
• loathe

Related words: (words related to GUST)

• RELISHABLE
  Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.
• ENHANCEMENT
  The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
• FLAVORED
  Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.
• REJECTER
  One who rejects.
• FLAVORLESS
  Without flavor; tasteless.
• APPETIZER
  Something which creates or whets an appetite.
• REJECT
  re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. 1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson . Reject me not from among
• PLEASURER
  A pleasure seeker. Dickens.
• ENJOYMENT
  1. The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate. 2. That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction. The hope of everlasting
• REJECTANEOUS
  Not chosen orr received; rejected. "Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people." Barrow.
• REJECTION
  Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
• ABOMINATE
  To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. Syn. -- To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate.
• NAUSEATE
  1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust. 2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe. The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods. Blackmore.
• REJECTABLE
  Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected.
• PLEASURELESS
  Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot.
• PLEASURE
  1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to Ant: pain,
• LOATHER
  One who loathes.
• RECOMMENDATION
  1. The act of recommending. 2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations. 3. The state of being
• REJECTIVE
  Rejecting, or tending to reject.
• GUSTOSO
  Tasteful; in a tasteful, agreeable manner.
• IRREJECTABLE
  That can not be rejected; irresistible. Boyle.
• RELISH
  1. To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food. Now I begin to relish thy advice. Shak. He knows how